Maybe that professor at UCLA was wrong when he said that people called Bud were underachievers. Twice a day, Bud shoots out of the front door like a cork out of a champagne bottle - I thought he was just desperate to go and sniff other dogs' urine, but it turns out he's showing commitment to fostering a positive human-canine relationship. He didn't exactly pass with flying colours, but don't tell him I told you.

In other four-legged news, today was the dogs' turn to dress up to the nines and take to the streets in the Krewe of Barkus parade, the canine division of the Krewe of Bacchus.